About Finance

The Finance Department administers the financial affairs
of the City of Riverside. The department manages the City’s revenues, expenditures, investments, purchasing, accounting, budgeting, and debt. As such, the department provides the City’s departments and residents with dependable and efficient quality services in billing and collection of City services, cash management, and other fiscal functions in accordance with legal and professional standards.

Department goals are:

To ensure the safety and security of the City’s assets;

Provide the financial resources necessary to support goals and operations of City departments;

Mission Statement

The mission of the Finance Department is to provide fiduciary control of the
City’s assets, perform fiscally related services, and provide accurate, timely
and useful financial information to support the delivery of municipal services
to the City organization and the public. The Finance Department consists of the
Administration, Accounting, Financial Resources, and Purchasing & Risk
Management Divisions.